ABERYSTWYTH PARK LODGE LTD

💤Zombieactive

03399021 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£821.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 26.9y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £821,765

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

Net Worth

£822k

Current Assets

£152k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30
Total assets	£2.72M
Current assets	£152.2k
Cash	£6.0k
Debtors	£111.2k
Net assets	£821.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-27
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Charge registered #10
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2026-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-02
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-08
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-05-03
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Charge satisfied #7
2023-05-03
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Charge satisfied #6
2023-05-03
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-05-03
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-05-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-12
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Charge registered #9
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2023-04-05
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Charge registered #8
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-01-31
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2006-11-10
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Charge satisfied #4
2006-11-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2006-03-14
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2006-03-14
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-07-24
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-07-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1999-08-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Wales
1999-07-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Wales PLC
1998-10-19
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MORGANS, Alison appointed
secretary
1998-10-19
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FOLIGNO, Alan John resigned
secretary
1998-10-19
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FOLIGNO, Alan John resigned
director
1997-07-04
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Company incorporated
As ABERYSTWYTH PARK LODGE LTD
1997-07-04
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MORGANS, John Daniel Vincent appointed
director
1997-07-04
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FOLIGNO, Alan John appointed
secretary
1997-07-04
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-04
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-04
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FOLIGNO, Alan John appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Daniel Vincent Morgans Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-07-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Aberystwyth Park Lodge Hotel

Parc Y Llyn

Aberystwyth

Ceredigion

SY23 3TL

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-10

Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MORGANS, Alison→

secretary · appointed 1998-10-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MORGANS, John Daniel Vincent→

director · ~67y · appointed 1997-07-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FOLIGNO, Alan John→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1998-10-19

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1997-07-04

Resigned

FOLIGNO, Alan John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1998-10-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	27/05/2026	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	12/04/2023	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	05/04/2023	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	31/01/2007	03/05/2023
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	14/03/2006	03/05/2023
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	14/03/2006	03/05/2023
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Legal charge	2 properties	24/07/2001	10/11/2006
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Debenture	1 property	24/07/2001	03/05/2023
satisfied	Bank of Wales	Legal mortgage	1 property	11/08/1999	10/11/2006
satisfied	Bank of Wales Bank of Wales PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/07/1999	03/05/2023

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Recent filings (97 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-10

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-12-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-12-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-11

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-08

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-06-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-11-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-11-08